Contracts Manager, US

Abbott•Lake Forest, CA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Abbott Molecular is seeking a Contracts Manager, US, to manage pricing and contracting for assigned customers. This role involves analyzing and implementing customer pricing contracts accurately and timely, ensuring compliance with ethical procedures. The Contracts Manager will provide cross-functional support to develop and drive sound contracting and pricing strategies, leading and influencing teams with or without direct authority.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience required.
7+ years of applicable experience, knowledge of and ability to apply contracting and pricing strategies to business-specific operations.
Ability to understand the organization's strategy and translate this into day-to-day contracting and pricing activities.
Experience working with sales or in a sales environment.
Ability to facilitate interpretation and understanding of data, identify risks, develop recommendations and implement solutions.
Ability to build, maintain and develop professional relationships and partnerships within and outside of the immediate work environment.
Ability to consistently provide clear and concise written and verbal communication, excellent presentation skills.
Analytical and critical thinking skills; problem-solving skills.
Ability or aptitude to utilize computer software applications to complete tasks.
Ability to consistently provide clear and concise written and verbal communication.
Attention to detail and organizational skills to manage input from multiple workflows.
Microsoft Office proficiency: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, required.
Ability or aptitude to utilize computer software applications to complete tasks.
Understanding of legal risk versus business risk.
Requires high levels of competence, confidence, and self-motivation.

Nice To Haves

Experience with contract language, including redlining preferred.
Strong negotiation skills preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure compliance relative to contracting and pricing contracts against departmental Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC) procedures.
Manage and develop contracting and pricing strategies as well as the review and implementation of contract paperwork within a defined market segment.
Work cross-functionally to resolve problems and accomplish goals.
Act as a consultant and subject matter expert (SME) relative to customer contract language, terms and conditions.
Perform customer pricing audits/reviews.
Facilitate and implement new customer set up requirements regarding pricing structure.
Respond to requests from Sales team and other internal customers to review/correct pricing concerns in a timely manner; measured by resolution rate.
Participate in process improvement initiatives, utilizing experience to suggest means for improving operational efficiency and effectiveness.
Responsible for associated administrative tasks.
Travel up to 10% of the time both domestically and internationally by any means necessary to support organizational goals.
Understand and comply with applicable EHS policies, procedures and guidelines.